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Pre-requisite - PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor (OWSI)

The PADI Instructor Development Program prepares you to work as a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor within the scuba industry. In addition, it further develops your leadership and teaching abilities to the instructor level and prepares you to teach PADI diver programs. PADI holds the largest recreational scuba diving market share within the diving industry and hence as a well trained PADI instructor you'll be able to find dive employment more easily than with any other dive certifying agency. Once a PADI Professional diver there is access to the PADI Pro Section on the web site. This allows the diver a full suite of services but also exposure to the PADI dive jobs section. The PADI divers jobs board is really comprehensive and covers scuba diving jobs in instruction through to dive resort management positions.

To qualify for the PADI Instructor Development program, you must:

• Be certified as a PADI Assistant Instructor or a PADI Divemaster, or as an instructor with another recreational diver training organization.
  
  If your certification is listed below, you may qualify to enroll in a PADI IDC or PADI Assistant Instructor course:

• ACUC Divemaster.

• CMAS Three Star Diver.

• FAUI.

• FFESSM Monteur Federal 1st Degree.

• YMCA Divemaster.

• IDD Divemaster or Assistant Instructor.

• IDEA Divemaster or Assistant Instructor.

• IDF Assistant Instructor.

• BSAC Advanced Diver, Club Instructor or higher.

• ANIS Accompagnatore-Guida Turistica or Aiuto Istruttore.

• NAUI Divemaster or NAUI Assistant Instructor.

• NASDS Dive Supervisor.

• PDIC Dive Supervisor.

• FIAS Accompagnatore Sub & Certificate of Allievo Istruttore & Knowledge of RDP (Recreational Dive Planner).

• SSAC 1st Class Diver.

• SNMP Niveau 4.

• SSI Dive Con.

• SAA Dive Supervisor (with Diver Rescue), Assistant Instructor (with Diver Rescue), Club Instructor (with Diver Rescue), or higher.
  
  Note: Other certifications may qualify for enrollment in the PADI IDC or Assistant Instructor course. If you have proof of certification in diver supervision and management including proof of rescue diving certification, and proof of CPR/FA renewed within 24 months, you may be eligible to enroll in the IDC or Assistant Instructor course. Please contact for further info.

• Be a minimum of 18 years of age.

• Be fit for diving and submit a diver medical form signed by a physician. Example of the diver medical form.

• Have been a certified diver for at least six months and logged at least 60 open water dives with experience in night diving, deep diving and diver navigation prior to beginning the Instructor Development Program, and have been a certified diver for at least 6 months and logged at least 100 dives prior to entering the Diving Instructor Examination.

• Submit proof of CPR training within 24 months.

During the PADI Instructor Development (IDC) program, you’ll learn the PADI System of diver education, standards and procedures, effective academic teaching presentations, teaching in confined water, conducting open water training dives and additional related topics.

You’ll learn these topics one of two ways; through the PADI Instructor Development Program (IDC) or the PADI Crossover Program. Note that the Diver Crossover Program is an option available only if you’re an instructor that is current with another certification organization and wish to become a PADI Instructor.

After successful completion of the IDC, or Crossover Program, you must successfully complete the PADI Instructor Examination (IE). You will be evaluated on; dive theory, academic teaching, confined-water (pool) teaching, open-water teaching and general diving skills and professionalism.

As a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor you can conduct the entire range of PADI experience programs and PADI diver programs, from Open Water Diver through Divemaster (except for specialties and PADI Emergency First Response, which require specific Specialty Diver Instructor and EFRI Emergency First Response Instructor ratings). Of course within Mermaids intensive dive internships these are included as standard.

After successfully completing your PADI IDC / IOC (Instructor Orientation course) and IE, you receive a certification card and certificate denoting this rating. This dive qualification can be used as a passport to adventure and travel world wide, traveling whilst working as a diver. Divers jobs and scuba diving work is now yours to take...

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